“There is no Wi-Fi in the forest. But we promise you will find a better connection.”
Living in harmony with nature can surely rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit. This is the central philosophy of naturopathy. Nature heals. Simple! This health system includes a set of practices – preventive as well as curative – that allow you to use the healing power of nature. If correctly applied, Naturopathy is safe for everyone and helpful in almost all the illnesses. It uses a combination of right diet, exercises and natural treatments to correct imbalances within a human body.
Even though a lot of corrective natural treatments (Mud Therapy, Hydrotherapy, Sun Baths, Fasting, Pranayams, Physiotherapy, Chromotherapy, Acupressure, Reflexology, Mudra Therapy, Acupuncture, etc.) can be used in Naturopathy, it is much more than just that. To truly experience its transformational effects one needs to adopt the Naturopathy principles in their daily routine at home.
Here are some core principles Naturopathy is based on:
1. The Healing Power of Nature
The underlying principle of naturopathy is that the body heals itself. Human bodies have such a powerful natural healing instinct. The naturopathy physicians only help and guide patients to heal themselves, be it recovering from a cold or overcoming cancer. Naturopathic physicians nurture this power of human body by removing the barriers to this self-healing. This includes toxins accumulated over the years.
2. Treat the Root Cause
Naturopathy firmly believes that the aggregation of toxins is the main reason behind all diseases. Unlike other prevalent systems of treatment, Naturopathy aims to treats the chief cause of your illness, not only the symptoms. Illness is caused by the toxins that obstruct the natural healing ability of the human body. When the cause of the disease is removed, the self-healing ability is restored again.
3. Holistic Approach
Every human has a unique mental, physical, genetic, sexual, emotional, and spiritual composition. All these factors are responsible affecting overall health. That is why Naturopathy focuses on treating a person as a whole and not just a particular body part, organ or system. It helps address all health issues simultaneously. This is the reason the healing may seem slow to those new to naturopathy treatments.
4. Importance of a Healthy Diet in Naturopathy
Patient’s diet is his or her medicine in Naturopathy. Physicians recommend adequate amounts of fresh fruits, green vegetables, dry fruits, sprout, juices, etc. to ensure a proper healthy diet of the patient. A natural diet with balanced micro and macro nutrients helps the human body in removing the toxins. Your food could be your medicine or could also be a slow poison. So choose what you eat, wisely. The freshness of the food items needs to be maintained to the maximum. Patients are encouraged to prepare their diet with minimum oil and spices in it.
5. Naturopathy is a way of life
Naturopathy treatment strives to make every patient become self-sufficient to stay healthy. It is only possible because the fundamentals and practices are so simple in Naturopathy. Anyone can follow it at their home after learning it from the physician. The ‘right’ food needs to be eaten, the ‘right’ exercises need to be done and the ‘right’ detoxing/corrective therapies should be done regularly to keep the diseases at bay in the long run.
6. Naturopathy is inexpensive
Naturopathy is inexpensive than other medications as no medicine or surgery is used in this treatment. Physicians usually prescribe seasonal and locally available fresh fruits and vegetables that are usually cheap. Even poor people can afford naturopathy treatment to take care of their health. Nature produces vegetables and fruits in that particular season because they are needed and useful in that period. For example Melons are plentiful in summers so that they can be consumed to kill the thirst and heat. Naturopathy physicians understand that Nature is perfect in its arrangements and they include it in their healing strategies.
7. Prevention is better than cure
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” ¬– Naturopathic medicine believes in this theory. Preventive medication can save money, misery, and lives. Because of this reason naturopathic physicians evaluate risk factors to treat the greater wellbeing of the patient. Someone who practices Naturopathy as a way of life leads a healthy life without the need of excessive medication or surgical interventions. It helps people improve the quality and quantity of their lives. In that sense, it is the real ‘health insurance’.
8. Why the world needs it
The greatest medicine of all is to teach people how not to need it. And that is what naturopathy can do for you. With polluted environment, adulterated food, stress, rising medical costs and longer life span, it has hence become increasingly important to gain knowledge in the ancient science of natural therapeutics and make it a part of your life. It is even more important for our kids who will have to spend the rest of their lives in such a toxic environment. Our enhanced immunity is the biggest weapon in our arsenal.
Ending Note
Dear Humans,
You too are blessed with an innate self-healing power. So respect and follow the laws of nature, and there is nothing stopping you and your family from living a wholesome and fulfilling, disease-free life.
With love,
Nature
